What is love?

Answering the question of what love is, in my own words of course.

What is love?

Some may come to a quick answer

The lack of hesitation shows a fool in love

Even I at one time would answer with nothing but a breath in between

Though I’ve learned love is not something so simple

Love isn’t waking up next to your significant other

Nor is it the lust brought upon you when they come closer

Love is so much more than romantic

Love is truly yearning to be there for the one you love

Yes, that can mean you wish for their fingers to caress your lips

But it is so much more

It’s wishing on lonely nights that you could be there

It’s also hoping that they think of you too

It’s hiding how you feel so you don’t fear what may happen

But it’s being okay with the idea that it may not be mutual

It’s appreciating them for who they are and knowing that no matter what they do, all you want is to be there

But it’s letting them go knowing it’s what they want

It’s moving with the tide, going with the flow

As long as you know they’re happy; it’s all that matters

I’ve realized something about love

You don’t have to want to date someone to love them

It takes a certain appreciation to realize that you truly love them

Maybe it takes reuniting

Maybe it takes humbling yourself to not be crazy in love

It might even take being rejected

To just realize that you want to be there

To help

To care

To make them better

To just love

That to me, is what love is.

Author's Note

what is love? baby don't hurt me

Reviews

[HBN]

Hey Becca, I just read all of your previous works, including this, and I only have this to say, AMAZING!!!!. Also its my first time on this site and I'm glad I came across a writer like you. Your topics may be dark, yet they encapsulate people into making them want more. Nothing is ever sunshine and rainbows, for even in darkness, we can find solace, such is life. I hope you keep writing (Please do) and I can't wait to read more from you. Also my rating is based off of all your works so far.

[becca]

thank you so much, your review means a lot :) i love enveloping people into my writing since it gives me a place to show people how i think or along those lines.

[Ben LR]

If "love" was an art piece, it would be this. Really well written.

[Chris]

The Author's note says so much. The poem is thought full.